Sudan: Race to Save Sudan’s Plundered Heritage As Museums Fall Victim to War

In almost three years of civil war in Sudan, the country’s museums have been ravaged, with thousands of its archaeological treasures looted and feared trafficked. Researchers in Sudan and beyond are racing to catalogue and recover the losses, estimated at $110 million.

The Sudan National Museum in Khartoum bears battle scars. Beneath holes left in its facade by rocket fire, a large bay window lies shattered. The gardens are littered with explosives.

Home to a vast collection tracing thousands of…